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'Not on my Bingo card': Why one Florida mom is 'suin the president'
@Source: alternet.org
President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have been roiling the economy since their announcement. They’ve turned the U.S. and world markets into a roller-coaster of ups and downs and they’ve triggered price increases that critics unquestionably lay at Trump’s feet.
But the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports one small Florida business owner could do what major corporations, state governments and Congress can’t seem to manage: shut down the Trump train for good.
“Suing the president was not on my Bingo card for this year,” said Florida mom Emily Ley. “But here we are.”
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Ley’s company Simplified employs only nine women while selling weekly planners, notebooks and accessories, but attorneys think her argument that it is Congress that wields the power of tariffs and not the White House could make her the hero for millions of people impacted by Trump’s tariffs not just in the U.S. but across the planet.
Ley already pays tariff prices to import her products from China. She claims she’s paid $1.17 million in international levies since 2017. However, Trump’s 145 percent tariff markup that he announced without congressional support last month could add between $800,000 and $1 million in extra charges to Ley’s purchases this year alone before she’s even bought them. By this argument, Trump’s claim that “other countries” will pay the cost of tariffs is false.
“I know who pays the tariffs, because it’s me,” said Ley.
Andrew Morris, the senior legal counsel for NCLA, told AJC that article 1, § 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the final authority to impose new taxes and tariffs, and that Trump “bypassed Congress entirely” by creating sweeping new tariffs with “a Truth Social post.”
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“There’s a reason for these Constitutional procedures. They give people a voice,” said Morris. “And here, the starting point is the Constitution says tariffs are completely the province of Congress.”
Partnering with Ley in her suit are small businesses Kilo Brava LLC, Bambola LLC, Kim’s Clothes and Fashion LLC and Rokland LLC. The suit sits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Read the full Atlanta Journal Constitution report here.
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